With 58 days to go until the royal wedding, Londoners have put the monarchy and cultural heritage among the things they love most about the capital... more
One of the more troubling aspects of the row surrounding the London School of Economics' one-time student Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the Libyan leader, is the role in the preparation of his thesis of Monitor Group, the management consultancy... more
Could predator be set to turn prey at Man Group?
The City is hot with talk that the hedge fund manager, which is buying rival GLG, is about to be snapped up by the Bank of New York Mellon... more
With strikes, snow and now worries over its alliance with American Airlines, British Airways boss Willie Walsh faces a bleak Christmas and a distinctly unhappy new year... more
Builders Berkeley Group and Bellway today delivered further evidence of a recovery in the housing market — but warned it will not be sustainable unless banks increase mortgage lending... more
London and South-East housebuilder Berkeley Group said the stability in the housing market which it first reported three months ago continued through the summer ... more
Tony Pidgley has surrendered the day-to-day running of his London housebuilding firm Berkeley Group as he stepped up from managing director to chairman... more
The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Budget was cynically seen by some in the City as an old fashioned move to soak the rich in order to dish out more to the poor with an eye on the next General Election.
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Holding shares in the big banks should come with a health warning these days. HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, slumped 24% last week, wiping £15 billion from the company's stock-market value... more
Property: Berkeley Group boss Tony Pidgley has unveiled plans to raise £50 million from investors to fund a spending spree as rival housebuilders sell off land on the cheap... more
Banks and builders gave a big round of applause to the Bank of England monetary policy committee’s latest half-point cut in interest rates to a record low of 1%... more
Gordon Pepper knows as much about money and monetarism as anyone alive, and he’s mad as hell. The Government’s policy, he says, is “confused and senseless”... more
Property: London housebuilder Tony Pidgley has urged the Government to kick-start mortgage lending to save the property market from total collapse... more
The lack of spare cash in drinkers’ pockets appears to be having a detrimental effect on the UK’s big pub chains, judging by the collapse in their share prices this year.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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